I hate the very human inclination towards insensitivity

What I envy most about you and everyone else heading back to school is the certainty of it all. You’ve got a prescribed set of requirements to guide you through the next few years. Focus your energy on the completion of those assignments and you’ll succeed. Guaranteed. Where’s my syllabus to guide me through life?

there’s too much tension in the world… what hope is there in the middle east if you and i can’t make peace.

The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves makes us who we are.

I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception? I know that relationships don’t last. And yet, with him, the risk of not being with him is much worse than any other hurt I can imagine.

I know. It's shocking to think that the government would try to stick its nose in our ladyparts.

Love," he said, "has the longest arms.